Dreaming of a more accessible post-pandemic worldOne of the things I love about being a poet is that I get to be part of important cultural conversations. I’ve been in the room listening…May 20, 2020May 20, 2020
How to move your event online or tools for community building in a pandemicSince we put our first poetry slam online on March 14th, I’ve been fielding questions on how to move other events online. I’m happy to…Apr 9, 2020Apr 9, 2020
How to host a poetry slam onlineThe Toronto Poetry Slam organizing team cancelled our regularly scheduled slam at the Drake Underground on Saturday, March 14th because of…Mar 16, 20201Mar 16, 20201
Queer GriefTo grieve is human. What else distinguishes our humanity? We face losses and the big ones change us. The loss of my wife’s grandad hit me…Mar 13, 2020Mar 13, 2020
The value of lived experienceLast year I had the privilege of co-facilitating Sherbourne Health’s first 20 week peer leadership program. Here’s what I learned…Feb 16, 2020Feb 16, 2020
An Unlikely PoetHaving an engineering background makes me an unlikely poet. As an undergrad, I studied Geological Environmental Engineering at Queen’s…Jan 26, 2020Jan 26, 2020
How To Get Rid of Writer’s Block: Start A Writing PracticeGertrude Stein said “To write is to write is to write is to write is to write is to write is to write is to write.” It seems to me that…Dec 20, 2019Dec 20, 2019
How to design a poetry unitDesigning a poetry unit scares some and excites others. Educators want to get it right and this age old art form sometimes seems locked…Oct 25, 2019Oct 25, 2019
